Trousers



- G. ROTTMAN.

TROUSERS.

APPLICATION HLED JAN. 12. x920.

' Patentd Nov. 1

INVEJN'TO R (lapnes ROTTMAN. M i445 ATTORNEY UNITED STATES GEORGE ROTTMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TROUSERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Application filed January 12, 1920. Serial No. 350,946.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ROTTMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing. in New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in trousers and attachments for same, especially trousers that reach from ones waist to the knees and are worn with relatively long stockings incasing the legs below them.

An object of my invention is to provide a pair of trousers having attachments in the form of fastening bands at their lower ends for enabling the said ends to encircle the wearers legs snugly, supports for engaging the wearers hose or stockings, and reefing elements to cause the trousers to become attractively baggy adjacent said supports; making a foldrof cloth at the lower extremity of each leg of the trousers to overlap the fastening banchand the supports for the stockings and hidethese attachments from sight, so as to give a'neat and dressy effect. Suitable strips are also employed to cooperate with the tightening bands and prevent the lower ends of the trousers from becoming disarranged.

Other objects and advantages of my invention are set forth in the following description and claims, which are to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings; and I of course, reserve the right to make changes in what the drawings present, without departing from the scope andspirit of my invention as indicated by the broad meanings of the terms in which the claims are expressed. I

On the drawings v Figure 1 is a front view of one leg of a pair of trousers according to my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a view of a detail showing how the lower end of each leg of such a pair of trousers is constructed on the inside to prevent disarrangement-of the cloth; 4

Fig; 4;.is a-view, partly in section, showing how the trousers appearwhen worn with all the parts in proper position;

Fig. 5 is a view of'a modified attachment for such trousers; 1

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a sideview of a. modified form of stocking grip or hose support to be attached to trousers according to-my invention;

Fig. 8 is a top plan of same;

Fig. 9 shows-this modified hose grip in fulj with all parts in operative position; anc

Fig. 1 0 is a view of another form of attachment for such trousers.

The same numerals identify the same parts throughout.

Numeral 1 indicates the lower part of one leg of a pair of trousers, commonly-known as knee pants or knickerbockers, because they are designed to terminate about at the wearers knee and encircle the leg a little above or below the same. Such' trousers when worn by boys usually terminate above the knee and encircle the. leg snugly just below the upper end of the stocking. The lower extremities of the legs of these trousers are divided lengthwise, making a cut 2, so that they can by means of suitable tightening bands be made to fit around the wearers leg as tightly as is desired. The portion at one side of the cut is provided with an eye 3 and the portion at the other side of the out has a circumferential'alining band or strip at secured to the inside ofthe trousers leg. This band, which may be just av strip of cloth of elastic or non-elasticmaterial, is passed through the eye 3 and made fast as by stitching to the cloth of the trousers at both of its ends. The part 4 spans the cut 2 and is secured at its ends. to the trousers leg at the opposite sides of this cut This eye and strip serve to keep the portions of the lower edge of each leg of the trousers trousers has attached thereto and suspended therefrom, a strip of cloth 5 bent or doubled into the form of a loopand engaging a flat frame 6 to which ,is afiixed a button 7,

which may have a rubber covering. The

frame 6 may be simply a flat piece of metal having transverse slots in itsend, with a button a-flixed to it between these slots, and the strip 5 is passed through these slots underneath the portion carryingthe button 7 and then doubled back upon itself,the ends of the strip being brought together and secured to the lower edge of the leg of the trousers. This button constitutes a fastening device and cooperates with another fastening device 8, which can be movably secured to the edge of the trousers or to the strip 5 if preferred. This grip is in the form of an open frame having a longitudinal slot 9, wide enough near its upper end to enable the head of the button 7 to pass therethrough, but narrow enough to embrace the shank of the button and prevent the head from passing through it at its lower end. The button and grip constitute a well-known form of stocking or hose support and need not be further described.

These hose supports are preferably employed in pairs at opposite points on the lower extremity of each trousers leg 1, so as to hold up the stocking on both sides of the wearers leg in practice.

To make the lower end of the leg 1 encircleand fit the wearer leg, each leg of the trousers is provided with a fastening or tightening band comprising a strip 10. One end of the band 10 is affixed by sewing or otherwise to the cloth of the trousers leg on the outsideadjacent one of the hose-supports and the other end is passed through a loop 11, ecured to the trousers leg by a cloth flap 12, and then back again to a buckle which is indicated at 13. This buckle may be of ordinary construction having two transverse slots l land a portion 15 between them, the band 10 passing through the slots 14 over the portion .l5thr0ugh the loop-11 and back to the buckle, where the extremity is bent around the portion 15 and made fast. Hence, to draw the lower end of the trousers tight around the wearers leg, one need only move the buckle to take up the slack of the band 10. The flap 12 is simply a piece of cloth passed through the loop 11 and sewed to the trousers leg at both its ends, adjacent the other hose support. Obviously any other way of securing the loop 11 may be-adopted and the points of attachment of this fastening band 10 and flap 12 can be varied as desired. When the trouser are put on, they'are made to grip the leg securely by manipulating the buckle, as stated and the stocking or hose supports engage the stocking at opposite points and hold them up in proper position. See Fig. 4. The tightening bands 10 of'course span the cuts 2 a indicated in Fig.2.

On the inside of each trousers leg, some distance abovethe lower end and preferably just aboveone of the stocking supports al ready described, is'attached a strip 5 carrying a frame 6 bearing a button 7 and a grip 8, which maybe engaged by the strip 5 in the same manner as the button and grip above mentioned. Adj acent' this button and grip, I affix to the inside of the trousers leg a reefing element 16, which may be a strip the hose-support directly below it; see Fig;

4. The loop 16 thus reefs or shortens the trousers leg and causes it to bag downward, hiding the tightening band and the hosesupports from view. Thestocking on each leg is thus kept up and a neat and dressy appearance is secured. Each stocking is attached to the hose-support in the usual way by drawing a portion over the button 7, passing said portion and the button through the wider part of the slot 9 and then drawing the grip 8 to make the button with the cloth of the stocking over it, pass downward in the narrow portion of the slot 9.

A modification of the reefing loop is hown at 19 in Fig. 5, being somewhat larger but located in the same relative position. To this loop, which may be elastic or non-elastic, are attached two hose-supports comprising frames 6, buttons 7 and grips 8. Each button and grip may be secured as before, to a strip of cloth 5, whichmay be doubled upon itself to bring its end together and these ends may be folded together over the loop 19 and sewed to the strip so as to provide bearings 20. See Fig. 6. These bearings permit these strips 5 to slide along the loop so that they can be manipulated, and they maintain any position to which they are moved by their frictional engagement with the loop 19. Hence, they can be adjusted as required to engage the upper end of the stocking when thi loop reefs the trousers leg and bags it over the stocking support below them and the tightening band.

This loop 19 with the two adjustable hosesupports canbe used by itself, as well as in combination with the hose-supports lower down. In other words, this loop with its two adjustable hose-supports can be placed which engages a frame 6 carrying a button 7 as above described. See Figs. 7, 8 and 9. Thi modification works on the principle of the snap fastener and comprises a plate 21 from which project bent fingers 22. The plate has slots 23 through which can be passed a strip of cloth 24: in the same manner as through the frame 6 and this strip of cloth canbe attached by sewing or otherwise to the strip 5. A rubber cushion 25 may be placed against the plate 21 inside the fingers and be held in position by projections 26. To use this hose-support, a portion of the stocking is drawn over the button 7 and the fingers 22 are then caused to grip the button on all sides. No tension on the stocking is exerted directly on the fingers and the fingers 22 grip the button 7 securely enough to prevent the stocking from becoming detached.

While only one leg is described, it is understood that the other leg of the trousers will be similarly made, and both legs will be reefed or bagged as Fig. 4 illustrates.

The lower hose-supports shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 will serve for practically all purposes and the upper hose-supports adjacent the loop 16 in Fig. 1 or secured to the loop 19 in Fig. 5, are added for the wearers convenience, so that he may wear longer stockings and make them fast above the knee also, if he wishes. Vith long stockings, the upper hose-supports can be used alone, or in combination with the lower supports also.

The reefing elements and hose-supports associated with same can be placed at any desired point; either at the inside or outside of the wearers leg, but inside the trousers leg, of course.

The loop 19 can also be used itself merely to carry the adjustable hose-supports on it and without making it cooperate with the lower hose supports in Fig. 1, to reef the trousers. For example, this loop might be placed in front or back or at either side on a pair of trousers having band 10, loop 11 and flap 12, but no hose-supports except the ones on this loop, to engage a stocking at both sides, at a high or low point, as desired, the hose-supports being adjusted accordingly.

Fig. 10 shows how the loops 19 with hosesupports, can be secured to best advantage on the inside of the trousers. Here two loops are shown, being made out of a piece of tape or the like 27 extending from the inside of one leg, past the crotch into the other Thus all likelihood of the loops tearing loose or ripping the cloth of the trousers is obviated.

Of course, the tightening band can be disposed in front, back or either side, as choice or convenience may dictate.

A superior garment can be obtained merely by equipping a pair of trousers with loops 16 or 19, and their hose-supports and the tightening band at the lower ends of the legs, omitting the hose-supports which eX-. tend from the lower ends of the legs downward, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4:.

Having described my invention what I believe to be new and desire to secure and protect by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. Trousers having a cut in their legs at the lower extremities of same, a tightening band across each cut, hose supports attached to the lower extremity of each leg at oppositely located points, and a reefing element secured to each leg to cooperate with one of said supports.

2. Trousers having a cut in their legs at the lower extremities of same, a tightening band across each cut, hose supports attached to the lower extremity of each leg at oppositely located points, a reefing element secured to each leg to cooperate with one of said supports, and an additional hose support associated with said reefing element.

3. A support comprising a loop, and cooperating fastenening devices constituting hose supports slidably secured to said loop and frictionally engaging same to maintain a given position.

4. Trousers having a cut in their legs at the lower extremities of same, a tightening band across each cut, a'hose support attached to the lower part of each leg, and a reeling element secured to each leg to engage said support, to cooperate with said support and shorten the trousers by making them baggy in the legs thereof between said element and said support.

5. A support comprising a loop, and bands having portions encircling said loop and providing bearings which can be slipped along said loop, said bands carrying fastening devices, for the purpose set forth.

6. Trousers having a cut in each of their legs at the lower extremities of same, a tightening band across each cut, and an alining band across each cut to keep the portions on the opposite side thereof in proper alinement.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification this 2nd day of December, 1919.

GEORGE ROTTMAN. 

